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PIANO, n. A parlor utensil for subduing the impenitent visitor. It

is operated by depressing the keys of the machine and the spirits of the

audience.

PICKANINNY, n. The young of the _Procyanthropos_, or _Americanus

dominans_. It is small, black and charged with political fatalities.

PICTURE, n. A representation in two dimensions of something wearisome

in three.

"Behold great Daubert's picture here on view--

Taken from Life." If that description's true,

Grant, heavenly Powers, that I be taken, too.

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